Washing-machine



(No Model.)

W. H. PARKER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 449,694. Patented Apr.` 7, 1891'.

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W'ILLIAM H. PARKER, OF GENEVA, NEBRASKA.

WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,694, dated April'7, 1891.

Application iiled June 23, 1890. Serial No. 356,469. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM H. PARKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Geneva, in the county of Fillmore and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of endless rubber washing-machines, and enable the endlessrubber and rubber-board to be readily separated to facilitate removingthe clothes and cleaning the machine.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machineconstructed in accordance with this invention, one section of the hingetop being open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is adetail view of one of the slats of the endless rubber. Fig. 4 is adetail sectional view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the body of awashing-machine constructed of suitable material and preferablyrectangular, and supported by legs 2, arranged at the corners andprovided with a cover 3, composed of hinged sections 4, having dependingflanges 5, adapted to rest upon strips 6, secured to the side of thewashingmachine body. Vithin the body is arranged an inclined frame 7,supporting an endless rubber, which acts in conjunction with arubbing-board 8, said rubbing-board having its lower end hinged to thebottom of the body and its upper end supported by a spring 9, secured tothe inner face of one end of the body near the upper edge thereof, andthe said rubbing-board is provided with a corrugated zinc rubbing-plate10.

The inclined frame is composed of parallel sides 11 and arectangular-board 12, secured to the sides and connecting the same andarranged equidistant'of the ends thereof. The connecting-board 12extends within a short distance of the ends of the side boards, and inthe spaces 13 are arranged rollers 14, journaled in the sides of theframe and carrying an endless rubber 15, composed of slats 16, connectedby links 17, and adapted to be operated by the rollers and to co-operatewith the rubbing-board in washing clothes, the slats 16 of top plates 18having a longitudinal outward bend forming a rib or bead 19, adapted torub against clothes, and abottom-supporting plate 20, against the lowerface of which are upset the longitudinal edges of the top plate, and thesaid slats are provided with perforations through which pass the links17, that connect the slats and form the endless rubber. inclined frameare provided with notches 21, adapted to engage oppositely-disposedjournals 22, arranged upon the inner faces of the side of the body nearthe bottom thereofand adapted to hinge the lower end of the inclinedplane and enable the frame to be swung away and separated from therubbingboard to facilitate the removal of clothes and enable the partsof the machine to be readily accessible for cleaning and the like. Oneof the sides of the inclined frame is provided with alaterally-extending pin 23, and the journal of the upper roller extendsthrough the other side of the frame and terminates in a crank-handle 24,and the said pin 23 and handle 24 are arranged when the parts are inoperative position in inclined slots 25 of the sides of the body, andthe inclined frame is maintained in proper relation to the rubbingboardand the crank-handle and pin retained in the inclined slots by hooks 26,secured to blocks 27, and arranged to engage eyes 2S of the upper endso'f the frame. The endless rubber which co-operates with therubbingboard is operated by the crank-handle in the usual manner, andfrom the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readilyunderstood.

The -Washing-machine is provided with a rack adapted to hold aclothes-basket, tub, or the like, and capable of being concealed beneaththe machine when not in use, and comprisinga board 29, sliding in ways30 and pro- The lower edges of the sides of thev IOO vided at its frontend with legs 3l, adapted to support the board when it is withdrawn andin operative position.

I-Iaving described my invention', what I claim isl. In aWashing-machine, the combination of the body provided in its upper edgewith inclined slots,the rubbing-board hinged to the bottoni of the bodyand arranged atY one end of the body, the spring interposed between theupper end of the rubbing-board and the body and secured to the latter,the inclined frame carrying the endless rubber and having its lower endhinged to the body and provided at its upper end with the pin and thecrank-arm arranged in the inclined slots, and suitable means forsecuring the inclined frame WILLIAM II. PARKER. Vitnesses:

B. I3. Moznn, GEO. F. ARNOLD.

